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Wood Harris

Born Sherwin David Harris
October 17, 1969 (1969-10-17) (age 38)
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Wood Harris, born Sherwin David Harris (born October 17, 1969), is an American actor who is perhaps best known for his roles as Avon Barksdale in the television drama The Wire and as Julius Campbell in Remember the Titans. Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Avon Randolph Barksdale is a Fictional character on the HBO Drama The Wire portrayed by actor Wood Harris. Remember the Titans is a 2000 American sports drama directed by Boaz Yakin, and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer He was born in Chicago, Illinois to John and Mattie Harris, and holds a Bachelors of Arts in Theater Arts from Northern Illinois University (NIU) and a Master of Arts from New York University. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Northern Illinois University (NIU is a Public university located in DeKalb Illinois. A Master of Arts ( Latin: Magister Artium) is a Postgraduate academic Master's degree awarded by universities in a large New York University ( NYU) is a private, Nonsectarian, Coeducational Research University in New York City. He is the younger brother of actor Steve Harris. Steve J Harris (born December 3, 1965) is an American Actor who has appeared in a number of films including Tyler Perry 's Diary

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Career

While enrolled in NYU, Harris starred in his first major film role in the basketball drama Above the Rim, starring opposite Tupac Shakur, and appeared in minor theatrical stage productions of various off-Broadway plays. Above the Rim is a 1994 Basketball - Drama Film, written by Jeff Pollack and Benny Medina, and directed Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16 1971 &mdash September 13 1996 also known by his Stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper

Harris was awarded the New York Film Festival's 1st Run Best Actor Award for his portrayal of "Derrick 'D-Train' Trainer" in Morningside Prep, a thirty minute short movie directed by rising filmmaker, Malcolm Lee. The New York Film Festival is the one of the most important film festivals in the United States first held in 1963 in New York. A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. He subsequently guest starred in a variety of television and film venues before portraying legendary guitarist, Jimi Hendrix in Showtime's 2000 movie, Hendrix. James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix) (November 27 1942 – September 18 1970 was an American Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter Showtime is a subscription television Brand used by a number of channels and platforms around the world but primarily refers to a group of channels in the United

Later that year, Harris received his first NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture along with the Blockbuster Movie Award nomination for Favorite Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for his role as Julius "Big Ju" Campbell in Remember The Titans. The NAACP Image Awards is an award presented annually by the American National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to honor outstanding People of color Remember the Titans is a 2000 American sports drama directed by Boaz Yakin, and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer In 2002, he starred in the Dame Dash produced cult-classic film, Paid in Full, based on the true story of three legendary Harlem drug kingpins. Damon Dash (born May 3 1971 in Harlem New York) is an African-American label executive the former CEO and co-founder of Roc-A-Fella

He starred as Avon Barksdale on the first three seasons of HBO's original series The Wire. Avon Randolph Barksdale is a Fictional character on the HBO Drama The Wire portrayed by actor Wood Harris. He also produced his own debut album, Beautiful Wonderful, which was intended for release in 2005. An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public Most recently, Harris, along with his brother Steve, can be seen in Common's 2005 video "Testify" playing a defendant who is double-crossed by his wife. Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr (born March 13 1972) better known by his Stage name Common (and previously known as Common Sense) is an Harris returned to his role as the ruthless drug kingpin Avon Barksdale in the fifth and final season of The Wire. Avon Randolph Barksdale is a Fictional character on the HBO Drama The Wire portrayed by actor Wood Harris.

Filmography

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